---
title: Reserved database names
description: Reserved database names in Analytics Platform System Parallel Data Warehouse.
author: mzaman1 
ms.prod: sql
ms.technology: data-warehouse
ms.topic: conceptual
ms.date: 04/17/2018
ms.author: murshedz
ms.reviewer: martinle
ms.custom: seo-dt-2019
---

# Reserved database names in Parallel Data Warehouse
A reserved database name is a name that cannot be assigned to a user database in SQL Server PDW.  
  
List of reserved database names:  
  
-   master  
  
-   model  
  
-   msdb  
  
-   tempdb  
  
-   pdwtempdb  
  
-   pdwtempdb1  
  
-   pdwtempdb2  
  
-   DWConfiguration  
  
-   DWDiagnostics  
  
-   DWQueue  
  
## See Also  
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[System Databases](system-databases.md)